Guys,

I have inherited a netbackup server (4.5) running on Solaris 8.  There
is no library attached only a single tape drive - we use an on site
person to switch tapes every day.

My main question is - How do I get images that have expired on the
media overwritable??

I have replaced all the tapes in the cycle and I have now filled my
first piece of media - even though the images have expired, they are
still on the tape and I can't overwrite them.  We use the same tapes
on a weekly basis, so there are newer images on the tape that haven't
expired yet.  I guess that they could be manually expired, but is
there a neater way to do this??

I had thought about reducing the retention period down to 6 days (so
that when  the tape is inserted after a week, the images will expire
and I should be able to overwrite them).  Anybody have any thoughts /
feelings about how best to achieve what I am looking for.

As usual, thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Regards,

Iain.